Singer/Songwriter / Messenger / Giver of thanks 🙏
Trinidad & Tobago
Joined June 2012
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Is it love… or she working a lil magic? 👀✨ You tell me 👇🏾
BLACK MAGIC WOMAN — OUT NOW!
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🎛️ Production, mix & master: @IsraelKit
🎸 Guitar & bass: @DionMansingh
🎨 Art & design: @YungRudd
#BlackMagicWoman #Calypso #Soca #Carnival2027
youtu.be/qPVRUyIaBUU?si=mRnE…
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Give thanks 🙏🏾 “Feel Like Me” is officially out now! 🧡
🎧 Listen here: ffm.to/feel-like-me-eeqw
▶️ YouTube: youtu.be/F4UcgyJzASA
Love all the time ❤️✨
JOHN G.
Which matters more to you in a song: the message, the feeling or the voice carrying it?
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Give thanks in all things, and in all things give thanks. The full AGYEI playlist is on YouTube if you want to take the journey in sequence.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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Healing is not always dramatic. Sometimes it looks like returning to yourself quietly. Sometimes it looks like surviving the week with your spirit still intact.
#Healing #JohnG #IndependentArtist
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7 Lessons music taught me that life had to repeat a few times
Music has taught me some things that life had to repeat more than once before I really understood them.
A thread.
📸 by @tantyromany
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Lesson 1: timing matters.
Not everything that is late is lost.
Some things need rooting before they rise.
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Some songs come from standing in the dark long enough to recognize your own light. That spirit runs through AGYEI.
open.spotify.com/track/6e7ZY…
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If you’re new here, welcome. Music, updates, and more live at the website. Rooted work, one step at a time. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
johnglive.com
📸 by @stefchenko
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A lot of people may hear AGYEI as a project.
For me, it’s a little deeper than that.
It’s a body of work about identity, survival, healing and staying rooted through dark seasons.
A thread.
#AGYEI #JohnG #CaribbeanMusic #IndependentArtist
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AGYEI comes from a real place.
Not performance. Not posing.
Real questions. Real pressure. Real searching.
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For anybody rebuilding while still carrying weight: UNSTEADY might meet you where you are.
youtu.be/cjRSa5vLyHI
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Tough love for independent artists: if your metadata is sloppy, your money and credit can get sloppy too. Names, splits, writers, performers, producers, ISRCs — details matter.
#MusicBusiness #IndependentArtist #JohnG
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JAH LOVE let me step into a different pocket — spiritual-meets-dancefloor, rooted but moving. If you haven’t heard it yet, take it in on Beatport.
@JulietSikora @matjoemusic
beatport.com/release/jah-lov…
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We give thanks. AGYEI is also on Apple Music for those who keep their evenings there. Rooted music. Honest stories. music.apple.com/tt/artist/jo…
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I’ve learned that protecting your peace is not the same as hiding your light. Some seasons require silence so your spirit can hear itself again.
#ArtistLife #JohnG #IndependentArtist
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“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” James Baldwin knew that truth deeply. Healing starts there too.
📸 by @tantyromany
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Before you release a song as an independent artist, here are 7 things you should understand clearly. Talent is part of it. Administration is part of it too. A thread.
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1. Releasing a song is not the same as protecting a song.
Uploading gets it out into the world.
Protection comes from knowing your rights, keeping records, and registering where necessary.
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Not every loud room is a meaningful room. Not every crowded path is your path. Stay grounded. Rooted things grow at the right speed.
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What kind of song finds you most these days: something to heal, something to fight through the dark, or something to remind you who you are?
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Did you know? Copyright protection begins with the work, but clean records, timestamps, and proper registration can save you a lot of grief later. Talent is beautiful. Paperwork is protection.
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